Following up on Rhiannon’s post, as well as being part of a toast, in Shropshire parlance the expression “[to go] all around the Wrekin” means to take a long time to get to the point, or to approach something in a long-winded, indirect manner. It can be used both to describe rambling speech and, more literally, to describe a long route to get somewhere (usually where there’s a more direct road).
I’ve heard it used as far afield as Birmingham, where it really would be a long way to go!